- These tests are a check for your learning and are meant to serve as tools for assessment
- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences.
- Directions for individual questionsEach sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer
Common Errors: Test-45
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
I prefer | |
my job | |
to yours. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
The sentence is correct. No error.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
When the plane landed | |
he found that | |
one of the wings is damaged by a shell. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
The mistake can be evidently seen in the third part of the sentence. Instead of ‘is’ ‘had been’ should have been used.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
If you don't start behaving properly, | |
I will be forced to | |
tell to your supervisor. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
tell to your supervisor
The verb tell, say, state are not followed by the preposition ‘to’.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The police were baffled | |
and Sherlock Holmes was | |
called in to investigate. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
No error
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
In consideration for | |
the bereaved family's feelings | |
the papers did not print the story. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
Replace 'In consideration for' with 'considering'
‘In consideration for' is wordy and ‘considering’ is a better way of stating the same idea.
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